Definitions for barbecueˈbɑr bɪˌkyubar·be·cue

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word barbecue.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

barbecue, barbeque(noun)

meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce

barbecue, barbeque(noun)

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit

barbecue, barbeque(verb)

a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

barbeque, barbecue, cook out(verb)

cook outdoors on a barbecue grill

"let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

barbecue(Noun)

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

barbecue(Noun)

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked on a barbecue.

We're having a barbecue on Saturday, and you're invited.

barbecue(Verb)

To cook food on a barbecue; to grill.

Origin: From barbacoa, from barbakoa, the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Barbecue(noun)

a hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast

Barbecue(noun)

a social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole

Barbecue(noun)

a floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried

Barbecue(verb)

to dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron

Barbecue(verb)

to roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Barbecue

Barbecue is a method and apparatus for char grilling food in the hot smoke of a wood fire, usually charcoal fueled. In the United States, to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecue is typically a much slower method utilizing less heat than grilling, attended to over an extended period of several hours.
The term as a noun can refer to the meat or to the cooking apparatus itself. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner.
Barbecue is usually done in an outdoor environment by cooking and smoking the meat over wood or charcoal. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in large brick or metal ovens specially designed for that purpose.
Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Barbecue

bärb′e-kū, v.t. to roast whole, as a pig: to cure flesh by exposing it on a barbecue.—n. a framework on which to dry and smoke meat above a fire: an animal roasted whole: an open floor on which coffee-beans and the like are spread out to dry: (Amer.) a large social or political entertainment, where the hospitalities are on a lavish scale. [Sp. barbacoa—Haytian barbacòa, a framework of sticks set upon posts.]